And they ask me why I dislike religion so much. It appears that the right wing religious nuts of the world are all excited/worried/orgasmic about the Syria thing and the possibility of US bombing. I guess because maybe we are supposed to do the dirty work for god and make Damascas into ruins, as per Isaiah 17.

If we have congress men or women who are voting to support Obama and bombing just because it might help speed up Armageddon, they are doing it wrong. I sure hope this isn't the case. But I have no reason to think otherwise. There are bound to be a few. I just hope those few aren't the ones that make legislation pass.

And I hope it is indeed just a few. But I may be more naïve that I ever thought.

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It isn't true that non-existent gods can't do anything. For instance, they were able to make me into an atheist.

I don't understand the giddiness of people wanting Armageddon to arrive. I think almost everyone can agree that the suffering and murder of innocent people is something we want to avoid. But for Armageddon and the events afterward they will produce nothing but unimaginable suffering and bloodshed of millions. Men, women, and children's dead bodies will be piled up and rot in the sun as cemeteries won't be able to bury them fast enough. Survivors won't be able to mourn their dead friends and family since their bodies will be wrecked with pain that the unsealed scrolls will unleash upon everyone.

And all of that just so a god can come back to Earth. If so he can keep as far away as possible, I love my friends and family too much.

I don't understand the giddiness of people wanting Armageddon to arrive. I think almost everyone can agree that the suffering and murder of innocent people is something we want to avoid. But for Armageddon and the events afterward they will produce nothing but unimaginable suffering and bloodshed of millions. Men, women, and children's dead bodies will be piled up and rot in the sun as cemeteries won't be able to bury them fast enough. Survivors won't be able to mourn their dead friends and family since their bodies will be wrecked with pain that the unsealed scrolls will unleash upon everyone.

And all of that just so a god can come back to Earth. If so he can keep as far away as possible, I love my friends and family too much.

Oh it is simple. Rotten, nasty, vile, but simple.

They want confimation on their myth and a chance to say "I told you so" so others who weren't the right kind of theists(i.e. them) can suffer.

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An Omnipowerful God needed to sacrifice himself to himself (but only for a long weekend) in order to avert his own wrath against his own creations who he made in a manner knowing that they weren't going to live up to his standards.

And what event lately has not been "an end time" thing? And yes, they do seem to get their undies in a wade over this kind of stuff. Just like when they tell us we will burn in hell and look forward to the "I told you so" phase of it.